Comments on: Shorter Mike Hudson

By: Jim Ostrowski

Jim Ostrowski — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:35:42 +0000

I’ve stated my grounds for disliking Obama here and elsewhere: he’s for bigger government than Hillary. And he’s full of rhetorical baloney. We face a dismal choice this year among McCain, Obama and Hillary. I won’t vote for any of them. I hope the Democrat wins. Avoidance of war is always the key issue for a true libertarian, not that either Dem will end the Iraq War. But McCain is more likely to start a new one.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:53:51 +0000

This just in!! Bush dead-enders and Lew Rockwell fans don’t like Obama!! Film at 11:00.

By: Jim Ostrowski

Jim Ostrowski — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:33:48 +0000

Richardson was my favorite Dem, which may explain his inglorious defeat.

By: hank

hank — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:57:22 +0000

BTW, JO only made half a point. Out of the field that started, the only D that I felt qualified to do the job was Joe Biden, with Richardson as a VP they would have done a passable job.

By: hank

hank — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:55:51 +0000

Actually the “FAIREST THING TO DO” would be:
for both the Obama and Clinton Campaigns to DO WHAT THEY AGREED TO DO WITH THE DNC.

But, it’s fun to watch the all-inclusive Big Tent Democrats claw at each other. TEAR IT UP!!! Great entertainement.

Neither Obama OR Clinton pack the gear to do a proper job.

Wanna watch unemployment and inflation soar? Re-Negotiate NAFTA, and put up some other trade barriers. Gas will be 10.00 a gallon. I’m sure all the Obama fans would “LOVE TO SEE” that too.

As for Limousine Liberals—There’s some in NYC. They take their Limo to the soup kitchens to serve meals for the homeless on Thanksgiving and Christmas, then jet off to the Caribbean, feeling good inside about themselves. I know 2 personally. No big deal, if they feel good about kidding themselves, so be it.

I don’t think anyone in Buffalo, at least the ones who I read here, have the money to Jet Set around the world and ride in Limos. If they did they would be living in WNY.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:00:30 +0000

That the MI and FL primaries wouldn’t be counted was announced by the DNC ahead of time. Retroactively canceling caucus results wouldn’t be remotely similar. Sheesh.

The fairest thing to do would be to have do-overs in MI and FL, and let both candidates campaign there.

By: mike hudson

mike hudson — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:43:16 +0000

so now, in order for obama to win, rob, we have to grant the poor voters of florida and michigan a special dispension to HAVE THEIR VOTES COUNTED? that’s funny. it’s also undemcratic and unamerican. i cannot imagine the howls that would eminate from the obama camp if howard dean said, say, caucuses didn’t count.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:55:59 +0000

“[The article] was directed against upscale white suburban twits whose support [Obama] would be better off without.”

That’s interesting, since (given how close the race is) they might very well represent his winning margin. I’ve seen this attitude a lot among Clinton supporters: they think Obama is a nice guy and a good candidate but he wasn’t supposed to win. They believe that HRC is entitled to the nomination, perhaps because until the primaries actually started the polls had anointed her the presumptive nominee. Now they’re rationalizing his start-to-finish lead in all sorts of weird ways; the Reporter article is basically a variation on Geraldine Ferraro’s “Obama’s winning cuz he’s black”. I think he’s winning because he picked a better staff (Mark Penn??? Seriously???) and has run a better campaign.

By the way, there’s almost no way Clinton could get ahead in the popular vote after Pennsylvania unless the Florida and Michigan votes are counted. That’s possible but unlikely.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:39:02 +0000

Mike, Get real, your paper is FREE does this maybe explain bloated readership numbers? Hint: add a few coupons. Also I was defending your remarks in which alan took as racist.

By: mike hudson

mike hudson — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:40:19 +0000

chris, you dick….i don’t think i said black people love me, although around 50 percent of the reporter’s readership is black, a far greater percentage, obviously, than read pundit or geek. additionally, most of my neighbors are black, most of them are decent people and since when is that a dig?

note to wannabe journos everywhere: when you put quotation marks around something, you ought to make sure that’s what the person said. in young chris’s case here, you can check for yourselves.

note to alan and chris: since you obviously haven’t, you should read terry southern’s classic 1963 short story “You’re Too Hip, Baby” and save yourselves from further embarrassment.